Fastening attachment for garments



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FILED FEB. 26, 192|.

Dea, 26,' 1922.,

liatented Dec. 22?), 191212.

OSCAR M mamon, 011 @antena Caumartin.

FASTENING ATTACHMENT FOB GARMENTS.

Application led February 26, 1921. Serial No. 448,147.

To aZZ 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, OSCAR M. PoLLAon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Fastening Attachments for Garments, of which the following is a specification.

rfhe present invention relates to garments, and more particularly to the closure means thereof.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide in garments, closure means, which will relieve strains on certain portions of the garment; are extremely easy to fasten and unfasten; necessitating the use of uniform fastening means; and are neat in appearance. 1n this connection, theclosure means is particularly well adapted for use in conneetion with childrens garments, such as the so called one piece type known as rompers, and where there is a waist portion, sections of which are joined at the rear, and to which a flap section of the trousers section is detachably connected.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout the same;

VFigure 1 is a rear elevation of a garment of the romper type having the improved fastening means associated'therewith.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevation of certain sections of a garment, showing the relative positions of separate sections thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

1n the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the letter' A designates a garment, preferably of the overall or romper type, including the waistportion B and the lower or trouser portion C.

The waist or body portion B comprises the sections 10, and 11, vertically divided at the center of the rear of the garment, as is clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. A sleeve 12 is connected as in ordinary manufacture to each of the sections 10 and 11 of the waist portion l2.. A. collar or neck band 13, preferably of rectangulaiformation is provided upwardly upon the waist portion B. rlhe section 10 is provided with a plurality of buttons 14, along the marginal edgevl of the section 10, adjacent the marginal edge 16 of the section 11. It is preferred that heins 17 and 18,`be formed upon the marginal edges of the sections 10 and 11 respectively, in such manner that a double thickness of material is provided. Button holes 1.9, are provided, to cooperate with the buttons 14, and are formed in the section 11 of the waist B. rlhe buttons 1a and button holes 19 are arranged at spaced intervals along the marginal hemmed edges of the sections 10 and 11 respectively, in such manner that the buttons 14 can be effectively inerted through the button holes or apertures 19, to maintain the waist portions 10 and 11 in connected relation throughout the length of the vertical divided edges of the waist B. The buttons 14; are preferably of special formation and include the headed part 20, the receiving shank 21, and the fastening shank and head 22, which fastening head and shank 22 acts to securely grip the material upon the marginal edge 15 of the section 10. 1n this position, the receiving shank S21 will be free to receive 'the cooperatingl marginal edge 16 of the section 11, the depth of said shank 21 being just sufficient to engage the thickness vof the hemmed edge 16, substantial-ly as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings. Thus a button 14: placed upon the section 10 will receive the thickness of the edge 16 upon the shank 21 through the but ton hole 19 and immediately below the head 20.

A Hap 25, which in reality is the drop seat flap, is provided upon the lower or trouser portion C and is horizontally divided from the waist portion B substantially shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. To properly form a flap, the same is vertically divided along the edges 26 of the' garment to any suitable depth required. The horizontal edge or dividing edge 27 is provided with the hem 28, to form a double thickness of material, substantially as provided for the marginal edges 15 and 16 of the sections 10 and 11 respectively.

In order to detachably support the flap 25 to the sections 10 and 11 of the waist portion B, buttons 30 and 31 are provided upon the lower edges of the sections 10 and 11 respectively, which are adapted for cooperating with the lower portion C and are provided for the purpose of ready insertion into the button holes 32 formed in the marginal horizontal edge 27 of the trouser section C. It is preferred that only two buttons 30 be provided upon the section 1() and that two similarly positioned buttons 31 be provided upon the section 11 substantially as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. In order to support the flap at its vertical position along the sides 26 of the garment, suitable buttons 35 are provided upon the garment, adapted for insertion through apertures or` button holes 36 in the flap 25.

ln garments, where three meeting sections of material are provided, such as the garment illustrated in the drawings, it has been customary to employ a single button to maintain the three sectionsv of material in -ii'xed relation to each other. .This has necesgether, substantially asv above set forth, and

described, in detail. 1n order to securely fasten the flap 25 tothe section 11 at the point where the same overlaps the overlapping portions of the sections 10 and 11, a tab 40, of inelastic material is sewed or stitched, at one end, to themarginal edge 16 of the section 11, upwardly of the top 41 of the horizontal edge 27. rllhe tab 40 is relatively short in length and is provided upon its free end with a button 42, which when 'the tab. depends from its connected end, overlies, in exact alignment with the button 14 immediately therebeneath upon the section 10. The button 42, is adapted for-insertion through a button hole 43 in the n marginal edge 27 of the flap 25 for the purpose of centrally supporting the flap 25 and detachably connecting the said flap 25 to the section 11. The buttons 30, 31, 35 and 42 are the exact counterparts of the buttons 14 which have liereinbefore been speciically set forth in detail. 'lliese receiving Shanks 21 are of exactly the saine length as the receiving shanks 21 of the button 14. no special buttons need be manufactured in order to receive several thicknesses of different sections, and a uniform button may be used for all fasteningl purposes.

In operation, the sections 10 and 11 can be buttoned and fastened together as hereinbe- Thus fore described, for securely connecting the tion 25 is buttoned to the buttons 30, 31, 35 and 42. Should it be necessary to unbutton the flap 25, the waist portion need not b' unbuttoned andthe button 14 immediately below the button 42 need not be disturbed. Should either of the buttons upon the garment become detached from the garment and lost, an ordinary, button can be' used to serve the purpose of the button lost, since all of the buttons are uniform, and the shank portion is adapted to receive only the ordinary thicknesses of material which are received by the buttons now ordinarily in. use.

'lt is to be understood that the forni of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same andit isl readily conceivable that the improved closure and fastening means may be employed in various ways to fasten overlying sections of material. Changes in the -size and arrangement of Aparts may be resorted to without departing -from the spirit of the invention or the scope ofthe claims.

Iclaiin: i n 1. A garment, con'iprising a waist portion ldivided:vertically into sections, a flap portion in a single piece extending across one side of said garment, means for detachably fastening-said sections of the waist throughout their abutting' marginal edges, and means for detachably securing said single Hap to said waist section, said last mentioned means being independent ofl and partially overlying said waist fastening means.

2. A garment comprising a waist portion including a pair of sections, buttons having uniform Shanks thereon arranged upon one lof said sections and adapted to engage buttonholes infasecond section; a drop seat lHap horizontally divided from said waist portion, buttons having .Shanks of the saine length as said above mentioned buttons dly i'ectly arranged vupon said first and second mentioned waist sections adapted to engagi'e button holes in said seat flap, a tab connected at one` end to the second waist section, a button .upon the free end of said tab having a shank of the saine length as the above mentioned buttons, said button adapted to engage a button hole in said seat flap for detachably supporting the same, said last mentioned button when engaging said flap adapted to overlie a button on saidlirst mentioned waist section.

OSCAR M. POLLACK.

'waist section B; after which the flap por- 

